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Ln-3 Our changing Earth

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the highest waterfall in the world?

a)

Niagara falls

b)

Angel falls

c)

Victoria falls

d)

Courtallam

2.

As the River enters the plain it twist and turns forming large

bends known as ___________

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3.

In the course of time the meander loop cuts off from the river and forms a cut-off lake also called as ________

a)

Leeves

b)

Floodplain

c)

Ox-bow lake

d)

Meanders

4.

What is a floodplain?

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5.

The raised banks are called ________

a)

Water falls

b)

Leeves

c)

Floodplain

d)

Erosion

6.

What is sea caves?

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7.

As the cavities become bigger and bigger, only the roof of the caves remain, thus forming ____________

a)

Delta

b)

Glacier

c)

Sea arches

d)

Mushroom rocks

8.

Which is not a erosional feature of sea waves?

a)

Sea cave

b)

Cliff

c)

Beach

9.

Give reason:- Sea caves are turned into stacks.

a)

When the cavities in the sea caves become smaller and smaller, only the roof of the caves are leftover, which forms sea arches. Further, due to erosion, the roof vanishes and only the walls stay intact, turning the sea caves into stacks.

b)

When the cavities in the sea caves become bigger and bigger, only the roof of the caves are leftover, which forms sea arches. Further, due to erosion, the roof vanishes and only the walls stay intact, turning the sea caves into stacks.

c)

When the cavities in the sea caves become bigger and smaller, only the roof of the caves are leftover, which forms sea arches. Further, due to erosion, the roof vanishes and only the walls stay intact, turning the sea caves into stacks.

d)

When the cavities in the sea caves become smaller and bigger, only the roof of the caves are leftover, which forms sea arches. Further, due to erosion, the roof vanishes and only the walls stay intact, turning the sea caves into stacks.

10.

____________, ____________, ____________ and ____________ are example of sea waves.

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11.

Glaciers are _____________.

a)

River of Ice

b)

Lake of Ice

c)

Pond of Ice

d)

Mountain of ice

12.

Glaciers carve out deep hollows.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

As the ice melts they get filled up with water and become ______________ in the mountains

a)

beautiful lakes

b)

beautiful pond

c)

beautiful rivers

14.

The material carried by the glacier such as rocks big and small, sand and silt gets deposited. These deposits form _________________

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15.

The depositional feature of a glacier is:

a)

(a) Flood plain

b)

(b) Beach

c)

(c) Moraine

16.

In deserts you can see rocks in the shape of a mushroom, commonly called

a)

Sedimentary rocks

b)

mushroom rocks

c)

Igneous rocks

d)

Metamorphic rock

17.

Large deposits of loess is found in ___________

a)

India

b)

Bangladesh

c)

China

d)

Israel

18.

An active agent of erosion and deposition in the deserts

is __________

a)

water

b)

wind

c)

sand

d)

plants

19.

When the wind blows, it lifts and transports sand

from one place to another. When it stops blowing the

sand falls and gets deposited in low hill – like structures.

These are called _______

a)

leeves

b)

mushroom rocks

c)

wind dunes

d)

sand dunes

20.

Which is the biggest desert in the world?

a)

Tundra desert, Russia

b)

Sahara desert, Africa

c)

Thar desert, India

d)

Kalahari desert, Africa